OLW 134 - Threesome!

The card I'm posting today on Ardyth's blog for One Layer Wednesday has 3 sets of 3. I used 3 stamps (the script background, the leaf, and the sentiment), I stamped the leaf 3 times, and I highlighted the leaves with 3 ink colors.

That's all for today. Sort and sweet! Time to tune in to The Voice and do a little stamping.

For anyone who is curious about the falling down house across the road that was supposed to be burned down on the weekend, we are still waiting. They had planned to try again this evening, but it's too windy. Better luck next time?

Thanks for stopping by,
T

Supplies
SU: naturals ivory cs, french foliage, just believe, pear, daffodil and peach parfait ink
Other: PTI fine linen ink, Stampabilities faded text background, Versmark ink, Stampendous copper embossing powder, painter's tape

Make it Monday #110

Collage elements is the focus of this Make it Monday Challenge. It sounded a little daunting, but Dawn inspired me to give it a try. My husband is still curling (they made it to the final game and I am waiting to see if they won the bonspiel) so luckily I had some free time for stamping today. I figured I could just toss it if it didn't turn out, but I have to say, I'm actually pretty happy with the results! Although using this technique felt a little foreign to me, somehow this project ended up looking very "me". I think I've been converted, and I may actually be inspired to try this again another day.

Update: I kept looking at this card and thinking the bottom corner looked a bit empty, so I added an xo with a dollar bin stamp. I think it's done now. : )

That's all for today.
Thanks for stopping by,
T

Supplies
PTI: rustic cream and simply chartreuse cs, chartreuse and fine linen ink, turning a new leaf stamp, wonderful words die and stamp, rhinestone
SU: pool party cs, pool party, kraft and espresso ink, fabulous florets and summer silhouettes stamps
Stampabilities: woodgrain and faded text background stamps

Muse Challenge #11

Saturday! My favorite day of the week. I stayed up very late last night to work on this card because we had a terrible volleyball game, and I was determined to finish off the day on a positive note. Also, the fire department is supposedly burning down the condemned house across the road this morning, so I figured I would be distracted by that, but there's been no action yet. I hope it's still on. We have been waiting for this day since fall. I'm anxious to see how they control it. I wouldn't want to see any of the trees get damaged. It's a beautiful lot, minus the house (the living room window just fell right out of it last winter!).

I'm not sure what happened with this card. I started out intending to use the layout from the inspiration card on Muse, but I had some new toys I was dying to play with, so I went off on a bit of a tangent! I just couldn't bear to cover up the die cut strip, so I changed up the layout.  I'm loving this new Memory Box die called Piestra Tile. Piestra? I've never heard of that before, despite the fact I have this exact same pattern as my background on this blog, and some throw pillows on my couch (and an embossing folder, and a new background stamp I haven't taken for a test drive yet. You get the idea. I'm a tiny bit obsessed with it). Do you like how I worked a matching throw pillow into this shot? ; ) 

 

The birthday greeting is new, too. I hope you can see better in this photo that it has a chevron pattern which gives it a fun texture.

Well, I did use the color scheme, some polka dots, and a bit of bakers' twine, so I guess I'm not completely off track. Here is the lovely Muse card provided by Laurie Willison:


Thanks for stopping by,
T

Supplies
SU: early espresso and pool party cs, pool party ink, beautiful butterflies bigz die, beautiful wings embosslit, espresso bakers' twine.
PTI: white and limeade ice cs, limeade ice ink, wonderful words: birthday
Memory Box dies: piestra tile

Festive Friday #5

This card is not very photogenic, though it turned out better than I expected. I do like Christmas cards in non-traditional colors, but aqua, blush and gold are a bit of a stretch for me, so I was a little apprehensive about how it would look. Here is the inspiration photo posted on Festive Friday:

I embossed the tree from Solemn Stillness in gold and added some bling that I colored in aqua and blush with Copic markers. The star was in need of a little bling, too, so I gave it some sparkle with a little glue and some Dazzling Diamonds powder.

This shot facing into the light shows off the gold trim and embossing:

A side view shows off the bling and texture a little better:


I think I may have used this tree stamp once before, so I'm glad it's finally getting it's "moment in the sun" after spending many years in the bottom drawer!

Thanks for stopping by,
T

Supplies
SU (solemn stillness, pool party and brushed gold cs, pool party ink, scallop trim border punch, dazzling details), PTI stamper's select white cs, Stampabilities sentiment, Fiskars diagonal impression plate, Versamark ink, gold embossing powder, rhinestones, Copic markers, 2 way glue pen

OLW 133 - #2

This is my second card for One Layer Wednesday, a repeated shape in a rainbow of hearts. Are hearts geometric? Not really, but they sort of fit the bill with their geometric patterns.

Thanks for stopping by,
T

Supplies
SU: real red, pumpkin pie, daffodil delight, wild wasabi, ballet blue, lovely lilac and basic black inks
PTI: stampers select white cs, heart-2-heart 3, script sentiments

OLW133 - Shapes Galore

This One Layer Wednesday challenge, hosted on Simplicity, is to repeat a geometric shape. This would be a perfect opportunity to use my hexagons, harlequins or squares and make a masculine card, but I wasn't in the mood, so I did the opposite and chose a feminine circle instead. I'm trying my best to summon spring this week. The snow bank in my back yard has got to go!

 

I don't think this picture is really telling the whole story. The tall tree in the center is about 40 ft. tall, and 150 ft. away, and the bank in front of it is about 10 ft. high. There is another, newer bank in front of that one that's about 6 ft. high and 50 ft. away from the house. It gets closer every time there's a big wind. This is our 7th winter here, and we've never seen anything quite this bad. Hopefully it's a one time thing!

I also have a second card which I'll add as a second post.

Thanks for stopping by,
T

Supplies
PTI: stampers select white cs, think big favorites #13, wonderful words: holiday
SU: just believe, daffodil delight, pacific point and tempting turquoise inks

Make it Monday #109

Hello stamping friends. I'm fresh back from vacation just in time to play along with Make it Monday#109, embossing over watercolor stamping. I watched the video on Monday and thought it looked like a fun technique, so was really hoping to have time to give it a try. Even though Spring Break is over, I'm still anxiously awaiting spring's arrival, so I'm attempting to hurry it along with yellow and coral flowers!

Thanks or stopping by,
T

Supplies
PTI: berry sorbet an stampers select white cardstocks, flower fusion 2, heart border die
SU: daffodil delight cs, daffodil delight and cameo coral reinkers
other: Memory Box script thanks die, Versamark ink, detail white embossing powder